Name that Style

Question 1

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

“Over the misty moor, from the dark, dripping cave of his dim lair…” (from Beowulf)

Answer 2

Alliteration

Question 3

The snow swept silently through the city

Answer 3

Alliteration

Question 4

“The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed…” (from Jane Eyre)

Answer 4

Alliteration

Question 5

The wind whistled as it whipped through the trees.

Answer 5

Alliteration

Question 6

“I rallied our rather demoralized and discouraged forces..” (from Up from Slavery)

Answer 6

Alliteration

Question 7

“The door swung open and out rushed a little red whirlwind with flopping ears.” (Adam of the Road)

Answer 7

Metaphor

Question 8

“Forgiveness is the mightiest sword.” (from Jane Eyre)

Answer 8

Metaphor

Question 9

“The moon was a ghostly galleon upon the cloudy sea.” (The Highwayman)

Answer 9

Metaphor

Question 10

“Never shall I forget those moments that…turned my dreams to ashes.” (Night)

Answer 10

Metaphor

Question 11

“The trees were charcoal smudges against the iron-gray sky.” (from Pictures of Hollis Woods)

Answer 11

Metaphor

Question 12

“The slave stood like a beast of stone.” (The Bronze Bow)

Answer 12

Simile

Question 13

“The thought of Gebu, like the ache of a tooth, was hard to lose.” (from The Golden Goblet)

Answer 13

Simile

Question 14

“The sea star spread out its stomach like a frilled napkin.” (Pagoo)

Answer 14

Simile

Question 15

“The Navajos came from all directions…It was like a storm when water trickles from everywhere and flows into the river.” (Sing Down the Moon)

Answer 15

Simile

Question 16

“Like ghosts, David’s men melted into the surrounding hills.” (from The Fugitive King)

Answer 16

Simile

Question 17

“The big tree seemed to be angry at the tree’s stubborn resistance. It groaned and moaned as it pushed harder and harder.” (Where the Red Fern Grows)

Answer 17

Personification

Question 18

The gray clouds swallowed up the last bit of day.

Answer 18

Personification

Question 19

Pines slept under a blanket of snow.

Answer 19

Personification

Question 20

The lonesome howl of a coyote echoed through the canyon.

Answer 20

Personification

Question 21

Snowflakes danced in the wind.

Answer 21

Personification

Question 22

“An evening stillness crept through the golden woods.” (from Caddie Woodlawn)

Answer 22

Personification

Question 23

The terrible storm rocked the tiny ship. Rain pelted the deck. Lightning flashed. Thunder boomed.

Answer 23

3sss

Question 24

Suddenly a man’s hand appeared out of nowhere. On the wall it wrote in a baffling language. Now Belshazzar was alarmed. His knees knocked. His hand trembled.

Answer 24

3sss + alliteration

Question 25

Shackles ripped and tore their bare feet.

Answer 25

dual verbs

Question 26

The Drinking Gourd filled his vision, leading the way. It was a constant and unfailing companion.

Answer 26

dual adjectives + metaphor

Question 27

“Never in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” (Winston Churchill)

Answer 27

triple prepositions

Question 28

“…that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from this earth.” (Abraham Lincoln)

Answer 28

triple prepositions

Question 29

The stage coach suddenly and uncontrollably tipped as the terrified driver tried to steer away from the cliff.

Answer 29

teeter-totter + dual -ly

Question 30

“The cocky, confident Casey, who was the Mudville nine’s star hitter, struck out.”

Answer 30

teeter-totter, alliteration, dual adjectives + who/which clause

Question 31

“…the hippo so ugly that it has a kind of handsome charm, possibly rugged charm or even fearful charm.”

Answer 31

triple word (charm), triple adjectives

Question 32

“…hippos are decorated and trimmed with bright neon pink around the eyes, along the sides of the face and over the underbelly.”

Answer 32

dual verb + triple preposition

Question 33

Fiercely the forest fire flared. It blackened the earth. Endlessly it raged.

Answer 33

3sss

Question 34

“… the hippo spent hours admiring himself at the river bank, turning, twisting, and twirling this way and that…”

Answer 34

triple -ing